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Definition: Asemum moestum
Pruner
\Prun"er\, n.
1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of beetles whose
larv[ae] gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to
fall, especially the American oak pruner (
Asemum m[oe]stum
), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches,
and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside
nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a
pupa.
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